I am a career night worker, I have worked the graveyard shift in one fashion or another for the last 30 years. Though the variations have been different it still adds
up to the same thing, while the general populous is asleep I am at work. In the beginning I worked the graveyard shift because it was the only shift that was available, then after I got married it became a necessity. My wife and I decided to forgo daycare and I watch the kids while my wife works during the day, and she is at home with them while I work the night shift. Though it hasn't been the easiest row to hoe I would not want to ever give up that time that I have been able to spend with my kids for anything. I have been there in the good and the bad, and I have watched milestones come and go. I have been a teacher and a student, I have taught..so too I have learned. I have learned that time is fleeting, and though you don't have the time..you make the time. For if you let those little moments escape your grasp they never come back..except to haunt you if you miss them. I dearly love my children, and I can honestly say that they are the core of my existence. I have come to the point in my life where they are my strength, they are what drives me day in and day out. I wish people would cherish their children more, for I think we'd live in a happier society if that was the case. I use to think my parents were unfair in their expectations, their rules, the way that they disciplined. But that was before I became a parent, now I envy and marvel in the way they carried out the task of raising us without losing their sanity. Today is a good day to give your child a hug, and tell them that they are loved.